Okay, I'll put my ignorance on display. From what I remember before I joined this site, guest access is pretty much no access. However, whenever I look to see who is trolling around, there are always a few guests listed. If a guest really can't see or do sh*t here, why are there always so many? What are they doing? What can they do?

Okay, I'll put my ignorance on display. From what I remember before I joined this site, guest access is pretty much no access. However, whenever I look to see who is trolling around, there are always a few guests listed. If a guest really can't see or do sh*t here, why are there always so many? What are they doing? What can they do?

They are generally google and other company bots, and they are looking for info of all sorts, who knows exactly what.
Other than that, if someone hasn't logged in yet, but they are in the main page, they are listed as "guest" until they log in.

Guests cannot see 99% of what's going on here.
I have no idea if the bots can see it, but I suspect they can.

Okay, I'll put my ignorance on display. From what I remember before I joined this site, guest access is pretty much no access. However, whenever I look to see who is trolling around, there are always a few guests listed. If a guest really can't see or do sh*t here, why are there always so many? What are they doing? What can they do?

They are generally google and other company bots, and they are looking for info of all sorts, who knows exactly what.
Other than that, if someone hasn't logged in yet, but they are in the main page, they are listed as "guest" until they log in.

Guests cannot see 99% of what's going on here.
I have no idea if the bots can see it, but I suspect they can.

bots should have no more than guest access, so they probably can't see the threads

Okay, I'll put my ignorance on display. From what I remember before I joined this site, guest access is pretty much no access. However, whenever I look to see who is trolling around, there are always a few guests listed. If a guest really can't see or do sh*t here, why are there always so many? What are they doing? What can they do?

They are generally google and other company bots, and they are looking for info of all sorts, who knows exactly what.
Other than that, if someone hasn't logged in yet, but they are in the main page, they are listed as "guest" until they log in.

Guests cannot see 99% of what's going on here.
I have no idea if the bots can see it, but I suspect they can.

bots should have no more than guest access, so they probably can't see the threads

You would think so, but I can see where they are "looking" on the admin panel... like if I checked your status while you were posting this message, it would have said "posting a message", or if you were reading a thread in the Conversations of hte Dead part it would have said "Conversations with the Dead"...
The IPs are shown, and they are generally the same, but their locations are ALL over the place, including oddly enough:
Posting a Message